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Maybe some day he’ll go down in Giants folklore as Casper the Friendly Ghost for his brief stay with the G-Men — all of six games. From what I saw he simply wasn’t a Western Hockey League type player. At least not a Don Hay type. Carning jumped before he was pushed (i.e. cut) and told GM Scott Bonner on Monday he was going home to Sweden.

Carning’s shortcomings were simple: Not enough intensity, not enough grit, not enough of anything really.

The Giants took Carning sight-unseen in last June’s CHL import draft (37th pick) so they can’t really complain. It’s buyer beware if you don’t scout a player with your own people…